Combined dish-washer and churn



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COMBINED DISH WASHER AND OHURN. No. 319,967. PatentedJune-16, 1885.

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W. N. FLETCHER.

COMBINED DISH WASHER AND GHURN. No. 319,967. Patented June 16", 1885.

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IVILLIAM NELSON FLETCHER, OF RHEAS MILLS, TEXAS.

COMBINED DISH-WASHER AND 'CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.3l9,9 67, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed September 18, 1884. (No model To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM N. FLETCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rheas Mills, in the county of Collin and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Dish WVasher and Churn-Power, of which the following is aspeciflcation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to combined dishwashers and churns; audit consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter fully described, and'particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of the combined churn and dish-washer embodying my improvements, a portion of the body being broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 is a View in perspective of the basket removed from the body to convert the device from a dish-washer to a churn. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the combined churn and dish-washer resting on the sliding table beneath the main table when not in use. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the churn-body. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one end of the reciprocating bar, showing the connection of the cord or rope.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates akitchen-table having parallel braces B B, connected to its legs at opposite sides, and parallel braces O C at the ends, also connecting and strengthening the table-legs.

D designates a sliding table having a crosspicce, D, at its inner end. The cross-piece D is recessed in each end at D and the recesses D receive the parallel side braces, B B, which form the guides, for the sliding table D, and permit said table to be moved under the k itchen-table, as shown in Fig. 3. When not in use, the combined churn and dish-washer rests on the sliding table beneath the kitchen-table, and is out of the way of the housewife.

The table-top of the kitchen-table is provided with key-holes a, for keys B, which are employed to hold the churn or dish-washer in place on the kitchen-table during the operation of churning or of washing dishes.

The body of the vessel A is preferably circular in form, and is made of any suitable mato which it is secured.

terial, and is provided with a cock, 13*, (see Fig. 4,) through which its contents may be drawn off when desired.

The cover for the vessel A is made in three sections. D 0, and G". The central section, D carries the mechanism by which the dasherstem D and dasher-blade D are operated, and

said section D is rabbeted at its ends in the under face to form shoulders E, which hold it in place on the vessel A. The central section, D", is also provided in its upper face with recesses D to receive the projecting ends of cleats D* upon the side sections, 0 C of the cover. The projecting ends E at the arcs of the cover sections 0 0 rest on the rim of the vessel A, and the vessel is tightly covered by the several cover-sections just described.

The central section, D is provided at its middle with an opening, D, (see Fig. 4,) through which the dasher-stem D is passed from below upward, and is detachably connected by a key, D, within a vertical sleeve, F, keyed to the lower end of the drum shaft G. The frame G", that furnishes the bearings for the drum-shaft G, is secured upon blocks G resting on the middle section, D", of the cover, by bolt-rods G and nuts G", and the upper bearing, G, for the drum-shaft G is secured upon the slotted guide-arms H H, in which the reciprocating bar I is operated. The reciprocating bar I is provided near one end with a handle, 1. Near each end the bar I is provided wit-h a projection, I (See Fig. 4.) At the end of the lever I opposite the handle I. a cord or rope, I", is connected to a wooden key, J resting in a vertical groove, 1. The end I of the bar I is provided with horizontal kerf or recess 1", through which the cord: I passes. The cord I passes through ahole, as shown in Fig. 4, in the drum J, and is wound several times around said drum J. From the drum .1 the cord I passes to the other end of the reciprocating bar I and over the projection I", The other end of the rope I" is passed through a hole in the stem of the thumb-key J Fig. 4, which may be turned to tighten the cord or rope by simply raising the finger-piece of the key. above the head of the stop-screw J then turning the thumb-key to tighten the cord, and finally placing the key back into engagement with the stop J".

The device as far as now described is ready for use as achurn when keyed in place on the kitchen-table.

To convert it into a dislrwashing machine, I provide a woven-wire basket, L, the central portion of which forms an open-work table, L, which is surrounded by an annular pocket, L", the outer wire ring, U, of which is 0011- nected to the upper inner ring, If, by bindingwire L to hold the basket L in shape when the dishes are in place. The basketLis so located that the dishes are entirely above the water, which is thrown up by the action of the dasher and effects a thorough cleaning of the dishes, and when the dasher stops the water drips from the dishes and the heat arising from the water dries them thoroughly, as the heat is retained by the dishes. The device, being dust and fly proof, may be also used as a meatsafe when not in use as a churn or dishwasher.

The adjustable blade of the dasher is merely a paddle with a detachable handle, and is eas ily kept clean, and when operated makes sev eral complete revolutions in one direction, and

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The vessel is made steam-tight, and is very eflectual when in operation as a dish-washer.

The lower end of the dasher-stem is journaled in a vertical bearing, M, at the center of the body of the vessel A, so that the strain upon it is divided between its bearings.

The sections of the cover at the sides of the central section may be provided with handles (not shown) for convenienceinn'emoving them from the vessel and replacing them when necessary.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination, with the table A, provided with the thumbkeys, of the vessel A, provided with the sectional cover, the central section, D", of which is-provided with the frame, the drum-shaft G, the drum J, the re movable dasher-stem and dasher blade, the reciprocating lever provided with the handle and tightening-key, and the cord connecting the reciprocating lever and the drum, s'nbstan tially as specified.

2. The combination, with vessel A and the removable sectional cover, of the central sec tion, D", provided with the frame having slotted guide-arms H H, the drum-shaft G, the re- 5 ciprocating lever I, with projections 1 the rope I and the tightening-key J and stopscrew J, substantially as specified.

3. The vessel A, in combination with the dasher working therein, the frame having slotted guide-arms H H, the drum, the reciproeating lever I, working through the slots of the arms, and the cord connecting the drum with the ends of the lever, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the vessel A, of 6 the dasher and the open-work basket comprising the annular pocket and the central raised table, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signaturein 7 presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM NELSON FLETCHER.

Vitnesses:

J. P. DowELL, E. H. GRoUoH. 

